San Francisco: Fitness

Nikki Galvan

One-hour session with personal trainer, $75415-307-8474

When you meet a hairstylist with a great cut, you trust her skills. Same goes for a trainer with a great body. Galvan fit the bill. She arrived with a resistance band and a TRX Suspension Trainer, which she clipped to a pole. She had us grab its two handles and lean forward to do push-ups in the air before switching to squats and lifts. Our heart rate was already racing when she sent us sprinting up the closest hill. She said bursts of cardio would speed up weight loss, and between wheezes, we thanked her.